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Turning vs Putting - What's the difference?

turning | putting |

As nouns the difference between turning and putting

is that turning is a turn or deviation from a straight course while putting is instigation or incitement; enticement.

As verbs the difference between turning and putting

is that turning is present participle of lang=en while putting is present participle of lang=en.

turning

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (British) A turn or deviation from a straight course.
  • * Take the second turning on the left.
  • (senseid)The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe.
  • The act of turning.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
  • , author=(Henry Petroski) , title=Opening Doors , volume=100, issue=2, page=112-3 , magazine= citation , passage=A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.}}
  • (plural only) Shavings produced by turning something on a lathe.
  • * The turnings get into your trouser turnups!
  • Derived terms

    * turning point

    Verb

    (head)
  • * The Earth is turning about its axis as we speak.
  • * He made wooden soldiers by turning them on a hand lathe.
  • Statistics

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    putting

    English

    Etymology 1

    See put

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

  • (obsolete) Instigation or incitement; enticement.
  • * 1736 , Matthew Hale, Historia Placitorum Coronæ , page 353:
  • ...and then if there be a putting in fear al?o, the clergy is ou?ted in all the ca?es mentiond in this ?tatute.
  • The action or result of the verb put .
  • Etymology 2

    See putt

    Verb

    (head)
  • (golf)
  • Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (golf) The action of the verb to putt .
  • (golf) A variety of golf in which balls are tapped into holes over short distances using a putter.
  • Derived terms
    * (l)

    See also

    * (l) English heteronyms